| As of 1 January 1987 |
| Rk |
Name |
Nation |
| 1 |
Ivan Lendl |
TCH |
| 2 |
Boris Becker |
FRG |
| 3 |
Mats Wilander |
SWE |
| 4 |
Yannick Noah |
FRA |
| 5 |
Stefan Edberg |
SWE |
| 6 |
Henri Leconte |
FRA |
| 7 |
Joakim Nyström |
SWE |
| 8 |
Jimmy Connors |
USA |
| 9 |
Miloslav Mečíř |
TCH |
| 10 |
Andrés Gómez |
ECU |
| 11 |
Brad Gilbert |
USA |
| 12 |
Mikael Pernfors |
SWE |
| 13 |
Kent Carlsson |
SWE |
| 14 |
John McEnroe |
USA |
| 15 |
Tim Mayotte |
USA |
| 16 |
Emilio Sánchez |
ESP |
| 17 |
Martín Jaite |
ARG |
| 18 |
Kevin Curren |
USA |
| 19 |
Anders Järryd |
SWE |
| 20 |
Thierry Tulasne |
FRA |
|
| Year-end rankings (December 1987) |
| Rk |
Name |
Nation |
Points |
High |
Low |
Change |
| 1 |
Ivan Lendl |
TCH |
|
|
|
= |
| 2 |
Stefan Edberg |
SWE |
|
|
|
+3 |
| 3 |
Mats Wilander |
SWE |
|
|
|
= |
| 4 |
Jimmy Connors |
USA |
|
|
|
+4 |
| 5 |
Boris Becker |
FRG |
|
|
|
–3 |
| 6 |
Miloslav Mečíř |
TCH |
|
|
|
+3 |
| 7 |
Pat Cash |
AUS |
|
|
|
+17 |
| 8 |
Yannick Noah |
FRA |
|
|
|
–4 |
| 9 |
Tim Mayotte |
USA |
|
|
|
+6 |
| 10 |
John McEnroe |
USA |
|
|
|
+4 |
| 11 |
Andrés Gómez |
ECU |
|
|
|
–1 |
| 12 |
Kent Carlsson |
SWE |
|
|
|
+1 |
| 13 |
Brad Gilbert |
USA |
|
|
|
–2 |
| 14 |
Martín Jaite |
ARG |
|
|
|
+3 |
| 15 |
Anders Järryd |
SWE |
|
|
|
+4 |
| 16 |
Joakim Nyström |
SWE |
|
|
|
–9 |
| 17 |
Emilio Sánchez |
ESP |
|
|
|
–1 |
| 18 |
David Pate |
USA |
|
|
|
+12 |
| 19 |
Guillermo Pérez-Roldán |
ARG |
|
|
|
+90 |
| 20 |
Eliot Teltscher |
USA |
|
|
|
+33 |
|